Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-19 Thread Fabian Cenedese
* If you use --delete-before or --delete-during, rsync will delete FOO as extraneous and then copy foo. The overall effect is to (inefficiently) update the case of destination files, which may be desirable. If you change the case of a destination file by hand to work around case sloppiness in a

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-17 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 01:32 -0400, Aaron Davies wrote: How does this work on OS X/HFS+ (case-preserving, but case-insensitive)? Any issues with the standard build in a mixed-OS scenario like this? The standard version should work mostly fine on a case-insensitive, case-preserving filesystem.

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/15/2008 7:18 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 06:39:03PM -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: Wayne, do you have a comment about the inclusion of --ignore-case? I don't particularly like the option, so my current inclination is to just keep it available in the patches directory

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-16 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 08:54 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/15/2008 7:18 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: I don't particularly like the option, so my current inclination is to just keep it available in the patches directory for those that want it. Hi Wayne, I hope you don't mind a

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/16/2008, Matt McCutchen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: To some degree I can see Wayne's rationale for not including --ignore-case in the main version of rsync. Officially, rsync targets only Unix-like systems, not Windows, though OS-specific compatibility changes/features are fair game for

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-16 Thread Aaron Davies
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Matt McCutchen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 08:54 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/15/2008 7:18 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: I don't particularly like the option, so my current inclination is to just keep it available in the patches directory

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 16:47 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/15/2008 4:31 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 10:55 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: Did [the --ignore-case] patch get included in the new 3.0.x standard version? No. O-k... bummer. I thought it was

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2008-05-15 Thread Wayne Davison
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 06:39:03PM -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: Wayne, do you have a comment about the inclusion of --ignore-case? I don't particularly like the option, so my current inclination is to just keep it available in the patches directory for those that want it. ..wayne.. -- Please

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-08-03 Thread Charles Marcus
Rather than waiting for the ignore case patch to be added to the standard rsync, One big reason I pinged the list (and you and Wayne) is to be the 'squeaky wheel' - I'm hoping this doesn't fall through the cracks and actually does make it into the 3.0 release... otherwise, I'll have to keep

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-07-31 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 7/30/07, Matt McCutchen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather than waiting for the ignore case patch to be added to the standard rsync, I suggest you get your own copy of rsync with that patch in one of these two ways: 1. Set up a full Cygwin installation ( http://www.cygwin.com/ ), get the

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-07-31 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 7/31/07, Matt McCutchen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Addendum: I have been in touch with Tevfik Karagülle [EMAIL PROTECTED], the cwRsync author, about what users like you who want patched versions of cwRsync should do. He says you can just compile your own rsync.exe as in alternative #1 and

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-07-30 Thread Charles Marcus
Matt McCutchen, on 7/20/2007 10:28 AM, said the following: On 7/20/07, Charles Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Wayne, Just checking to see if this is in the official tree yet? It isn't. Wayne, perhaps you have a further comment about when it will be. Wayne? Thanks, -- Best regards,

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-07-30 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 5/2/07, Charles Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm very interested in learning the status of the --ignorecase patch being included in the main tree... is there a reason it still isn't in there? For anyone who is forced to dealing with backing up windows boxes, this is a big problem, and

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-07-20 Thread Charles Marcus
Wayne Davison, on 5/4/2007 12:11 PM, said the following: On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:01:20PM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: I'm very interested in learning the status of the --ignorecase patch being included in the main tree... My currently plan is to include that functionality in 3.0.0. I've

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-07-20 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 7/20/07, Charles Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Wayne, Just checking to see if this is in the official tree yet? It isn't. Wayne, perhaps you have a further comment about when it will be. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-05-04 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:01:20PM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: I'm very interested in learning the status of the --ignorecase patch being included in the main tree... My currently plan is to include that functionality in 3.0.0. I've been improving the patch in recent weeks, and it will get

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-05-04 Thread Charles Marcus
Wayne Davison wrote: On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:01:20PM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: I'm very interested in learning the status of the --ignorecase patch being included in the main tree... My currently plan is to include that functionality in 3.0.0. I've been improving the patch in recent

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-05-04 Thread Charles Marcus
That said - you said '3.0', and 'fairly soon'... does that mean that 3.0 will be the next major release? To clarify... will the next version be 2.7, or 3.0? Thanks again! -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-05-04 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:27:18PM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: That said - you said '3.0', and 'fairly soon'... does that mean that 3.0 will be the next major release? Yes, 3.0.0 is what is being worked on in CVS (as mentioned on the rsync web page). You can check it out via the repository or

Re: Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-05-04 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 5/4/07, Charles Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said - you said '3.0', and 'fairly soon'... does that mean that 3.0 will be the next major release? To clarify... will the next version be 2.7, or 3.0? The next release will be 3.0.0. While Wayne may incorporate the ignore-case patch

Status of --ignorcase option in main tree/build?

2007-05-02 Thread Charles Marcus
Hi, I'm very interested in learning the status of the --ignorecase patch being included in the main tree... is there a reason it still isn't in there? For anyone who is forced to dealing with backing up windows boxes, this is a big problem, and I can't believe that it isn't affecting a lot